The more I look at our last fixture of the season - away at Wet Spam - the more it looks like a massive game that could mean survival or bust for either team. Or not, since they have a game in hand... but I just have a feeling.
It's going to take quite a change in fortune to attain another 18 points ....every game looks tough All the pre season optimism has deserted me !!The manager (coach) and players really need to up the game massively .......My concern is that most other clubs seem to be able to clearly identify our weaknesses and take advantage of them whilst we seem less able to do that ourselves .....
Quote from: villa `cross the mersey on January 19, 2020, 07:19:35 PMIt's going to take quite a change in fortune to attain another 18 points ....every game looks tough All the pre season optimism has deserted me !!The manager (coach) and players really need to up the game massively .......My concern is that most other clubs seem to be able to clearly identify our weaknesses and take advantage of them whilst we seem less able to do that ourselves .....We've taken 7 points from our last 5 league games, which extrapolated over the rest of the season would leave us with mid 40s and comfortably mid-table.As for West Ham, their game in hand is against Liverpool.
So let’s pick the 6 games we need to win.
Quote from: ChicagoLion on January 19, 2020, 07:00:13 PMSo let’s pick the 6 games we need to win.While you’re at it pick the six games all of the other teams in the bottom eight need to win.
I've amended now as moved Bournemouth up to easiest away fixture left Home fixtures in difficultly level don't seem impossibleWatfordSpursMan UtdArsenalPalaceWolvesSheffield UtdChelsea
Quote from: Ads on January 19, 2020, 07:58:46 PMQuote from: villa `cross the mersey on January 19, 2020, 07:19:35 PMIt's going to take quite a change in fortune to attain another 18 points ....every game looks tough All the pre season optimism has deserted me !!The manager (coach) and players really need to up the game massively .......My concern is that most other clubs seem to be able to clearly identify our weaknesses and take advantage of them whilst we seem less able to do that ourselves .....We've taken 7 points from our last 5 league games, which extrapolated over the rest of the season would leave us with mid 40s and comfortably mid-table.As for West Ham, their game in hand is against Liverpool.We've also taken 7 points from the last 9 games and using those figures doesn't work so well. Also if you extrapolate just 1 point against the top 10 thus far, it doesn't look good, bearing in mind that we have to play 9 of them again, albeit 7 of them at home. So stats can be read a number of ways.Smith says that our season isn't going to be defined by our results against the top teams, but the opposite could be true, and with that way of thinking, we are just giving those teams a free pass against us.
Surely for once we'll actually give Manure and Arsenal a game at VP. Both are in transition, even Chelsea whose away form is better than home, are still not exactly something to fear.
All this predicting how many we need, remember the same applies to the other teams in and around it too.